U.S., Sept. 30 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07845695) titled 'Preoperative Music Intervention for Anxiety in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty' on Sept. 23.
Brief Summary: Many patients feel anxious before joint replacement surgery. This anxiety is common - affecting roughly 1 in 3 patients - and research has shown that patients who are more anxious before surgery tend to have more pain afterward and may need more pain medication during recovery. Listening to music before medical procedures has been shown to reduce anxiety in many types of surgery. In fact, a recent analysis of 20 studies found that music works about as well as anti-anxiety medication for calming patients before surgery, with about 1...